The incident was reported around 8:20 p.m. on Dew Avenue off Allen Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. No one was injured.

A female resident told police someone knocked on the garage door while she was in the garage. The woman opened the door, and a masked man wearing camouflage entered and pointed a gun at her, police said.

The man forced the woman into the home and bound her hands, as well as those of another man and woman, police said. Four children were also inside the home at the time of the incident.

The suspect was described as heaving a heavy muscular build and wearing a green or brown camouflage mask and hooded jacket. He also was wearing gray pants and dark gloves.

Anyone with information about the incident or a possible suspect is asked to call Winston-Salem police at 336-773-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 727-2800.